Would you believe that the first surgical amputation we know of was 31,000 years ago? Researchers determined that the patient, a young boy from Borneo, had his lower left leg amputated for an unknown medical problem rather than an accident or an animal bite. The surgery seemed very clean, as it looked like the youth didn’t experience fatal blood loss or infection. They speculate that he lived six to nine years after the surgery before dying at around age 19 or 20. Read full article here
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Improving media literacy could boost trust towards the news, IMPRESS report suggests
The UK media is regulated by the likes of IPSO and Ofcom. The report by press regulator IMPRESS highlights the link between low levels of media literacy and trust in the news. The study found that three quarters of those who did not know if journalists were regulated did not trust the news. It suggests that improving media literacy is one way to stem the erosion of trust, and shows that audiences have an appetite for information on news processes. Stakeholders need to collaborate in order to rebuild trust in the news, and independent media is well placed to do this. Read full article here
Merv
February 1, 2023
